I don't think Thom's Mr. Elop is a Trojan argument works. For it to be true we need to see Elop as a Genius Machiavellian working with evil, strategic, clandestine Geniuses at Microsoft whilst those at Nokia are all bumbling idiots. On the other hand we could see both companies dominated by vision-less, apparatchiks floundering about for a handle on the future. Look at Microsoft's flagship product Windows, releases over the last decade - Vista, Windows 8 or Nokia's failure to embrace the smart phone. Which seems most likely?

As a rule of thumb I'd never put down to conspiracy what could be simply be stupidity.